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There’s a spawn in the works lol. They compliment each other nicely. The finnage will need work but that’s ok.
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LadyMac
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4 am wake up(normal time) and head towards the living room.
The girls always go before I do. So I’m walking behind Mel, and in the studio/ fishroom sh stops and jumps back a little. She spotted something on the floor. I pop the light on and, “oh it’s a fish!” I notice caudal edging and “oh! It’s the female mac!” She’s a loaner, not mine. “How on earth did you ever get out of that tank?” (I’m freaking out by now) She’s alive! I plop her back in the tank, examining perplexed as to how she made her grand escape. I see her swimming about, fins up, shocked look. Males giving me the stink eye for disturbing his rest. Flashlight in hand “How did you get out? You look really good to have fallen five feet down and traveled across the floor. Oh wait, who’s that? Oh.”
As it turns out it wasn’t her, it was one of the albis. Who’s now in the wrong tank lol. Whoops. Had to be across the street an hour earlier this am so hopefully the don’t eat him. Will check at lunch if possible and reabduct him. The stories he’s going to tell the others lol.
These guys will be the death of me I swear.
I guess that also means I’m going to have to find a way to keep the albis from escaping their home. I thought it was fine.
I better get to painting. These lids ain’t cheap.
The girls always go before I do. So I’m walking behind Mel, and in the studio/ fishroom sh stops and jumps back a little. She spotted something on the floor. I pop the light on and, “oh it’s a fish!” I notice caudal edging and “oh! It’s the female mac!” She’s a loaner, not mine. “How on earth did you ever get out of that tank?” (I’m freaking out by now) She’s alive! I plop her back in the tank, examining perplexed as to how she made her grand escape. I see her swimming about, fins up, shocked look. Males giving me the stink eye for disturbing his rest. Flashlight in hand “How did you get out? You look really good to have fallen five feet down and traveled across the floor. Oh wait, who’s that? Oh.”
As it turns out it wasn’t her, it was one of the albis. Who’s now in the wrong tank lol. Whoops. Had to be across the street an hour earlier this am so hopefully the don’t eat him. Will check at lunch if possible and reabduct him. The stories he’s going to tell the others lol.
These guys will be the death of me I swear.
I guess that also means I’m going to have to find a way to keep the albis from escaping their home. I thought it was fine.
I better get to painting. These lids ain’t cheap.
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LadyMac
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Was able to catch the little guy. Atlas (my Mac) is stressed now that I’ve been messing in his tank. I’ll monitor and probably turn lights off for him or at least dim the tank. They can be quite susceptible to velvet when stressed so need to be proactive on that. I have the albi in my three gallon, that’s only got about three inches of water. He’s swimming good. Was nose down in Atlas’ tank. Will check when I get home in a few hours and add more water and the pump to give him flow if he’s still swimming nicely.
I haven’t forgotten this is a reef thread. So here’s some blue eye candy lol. I’ll get a lemse
Filter one of these days lol.
I haven’t forgotten this is a reef thread. So here’s some blue eye candy lol. I’ll get a lemse
Filter one of these days lol.
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Also I just realized that all the corals on the left is green where the two RFAs on the right are red lol.
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What phone?Was able to catch the little guy. Atlas (my Mac) is stressed now that I’ve been messing in his tank. I’ll monitor and probably turn lights off for him or at least dim the tank. They can be quite susceptible to velvet when stressed so need to be proactive on that. I have the albi in my three gallon, that’s only got about three inches of water. He’s swimming good. Was nose down in Atlas’ tank. Will check when I get home in a few hours and add more water and the pump to give him flow if he’s still swimming nicely.
I haven’t forgotten this is a reef thread. So here’s some blue eye candy lol. I’ll get a lemse
Filter one of these days lol.
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LadyMac
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The one for these was my husbands. It’s a Samsung Galaxy A10? Something like that. Mines an iPhone XR. It’s not near as good with pics.
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You can put the Galaxy in Pro or Manual mode and adjust the white balance up as close to 10,000k as you can get for a temporary fix. Not as good as filters, but close!
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I think you're referring to her bettas.
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Yeah these are bettas
they’re wild species of bettas though so nothing you’d find in most pet stores. I’ve thought of trying mollies in my salt tank but I was told it’s very species dependent (like I believe sail fins don’t do as well as the black ones? I forget which) but my local reef store does have some saltwater mollies, and I may get from them.
This is good to know! I’ll have to play around with his phone to see if I can figure that out lol. Thanks!
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Oh ok i see. The black ones are not good. I have had about 25 over a year and down to 4 and i have tried them all and and diffrent acclimation. The creamsickle lyre tail seem to be the best but they all last around 4 months tops. As opposed to saltwater fish that i have had for 7 yrsYeah these are bettas
I’ve thought of trying mollies in my salt tank but I was told it’s very species dependent (like I believe sail fins don’t do as well as the black ones? I forget which) but my local reef store does have some saltwater mollies, and I may get from them.
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I think I heard that Creamsickle and Marbles so the best...?
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Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear reef……happy birthday to you! *smooches*
Today the tank turns four! Not the inhabitants, I’ve had some longer and some not as long.
I feel like it needs a birthday prezzie. But I sadly cannot. Think a piece of cake would be ok? (I kid I kid!)
Yesterday I changed the hinges out. Had issues where they were rusting, and Waterbox sent me a new set. I tried to lube em up with petroleum jelly as per suggestions and they rushed yet again. Well the old set I had removed the rust. They’re still quite unsightly but better. Will de rust this set and put up for the next switch out lol.
Pic of the extremely strange Duncan. Yesterday it decided to close up for half the day, and then reopen come night time. I dunno corals are so strange to me. I still have no understanding of most of them.
Today the tank turns four! Not the inhabitants, I’ve had some longer and some not as long.
I feel like it needs a birthday prezzie. But I sadly cannot. Think a piece of cake would be ok? (I kid I kid!)
Yesterday I changed the hinges out. Had issues where they were rusting, and Waterbox sent me a new set. I tried to lube em up with petroleum jelly as per suggestions and they rushed yet again. Well the old set I had removed the rust. They’re still quite unsightly but better. Will de rust this set and put up for the next switch out lol.
Pic of the extremely strange Duncan. Yesterday it decided to close up for half the day, and then reopen come night time. I dunno corals are so strange to me. I still have no understanding of most of them.
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Speaking of, how's everything going??? Did you figure out if you had stray current? Things starting to get squared away, right?
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Starting to, it seems
no stray current.
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Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear reef……happy birthday to you! *smooches*
Today the tank turns four! Not the inhabitants, I’ve had some longer and some not as long.
I feel like it needs a birthday prezzie. But I sadly cannot. Think a piece of cake would be ok? (I kid I kid!)
Yesterday I changed the hinges out. Had issues where they were rusting, and Waterbox sent me a new set. I tried to lube em up with petroleum jelly as per suggestions and they rushed yet again. Well the old set I had removed the rust. They’re still quite unsightly but better. Will de rust this set and put up for the next switch out lol.
Pic of the extremely strange Duncan. Yesterday it decided to close up for half the day, and then reopen come night time. I dunno corals are so strange to me. I still have no understanding of most of them.
You could give it a birthday Prazi?
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I found out I have sponges in my tank. I’m told they’re good, or not worriesome at least. Gives me something else to look at lol.
Pics of sponges and full tank shot. I dunno why I put the Shu box back in as there’s nothing to go in there currently. But I’ll find something eventually.
I may open up another commission. I need a lid for the macs and some stuff for the reef; test kits again and a barnacle as the one I currently have is starting to crumble.
The Duncan and toadstool seem to be doing well. GSP is growing slowly and the Kenya tree is starting to get going.
The Little Rock flower is still very small. But I think it’s cause I turned the whites up on the light. I was tired of just blue. Where’s the fun in an all blue tank, amirite? Also it’s about time for me to add my black blanket over the window cause the sun is very bright this time of year.
Pics as promised, of the reef, sponge and Atlas’ tank.
Pics of sponges and full tank shot. I dunno why I put the Shu box back in as there’s nothing to go in there currently. But I’ll find something eventually.
I may open up another commission. I need a lid for the macs and some stuff for the reef; test kits again and a barnacle as the one I currently have is starting to crumble.
The Duncan and toadstool seem to be doing well. GSP is growing slowly and the Kenya tree is starting to get going.
The Little Rock flower is still very small. But I think it’s cause I turned the whites up on the light. I was tired of just blue. Where’s the fun in an all blue tank, amirite? Also it’s about time for me to add my black blanket over the window cause the sun is very bright this time of year.
Pics as promised, of the reef, sponge and Atlas’ tank.
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Not all sponges are worrisome. Mine seem to be, but I have those ugly red ones. They've killed a couple of my acro frags - at least I'm fairly certain that it was the sponges.I found out I have sponges in my tank. I’m told they’re good, or not worriesome at least. Gives me something else to look at lol.
Pics of sponges and full tank shot. I dunno why I put the Shu box back in as there’s nothing to go in there currently. But I’ll find something eventually.
I may open up another commission. I need a lid for the macs and some stuff for the reef; test kits again and a barnacle as the one I currently have is starting to crumble.
The Duncan and toadstool seem to be doing well. GSP is growing slowly and the Kenya tree is starting to get going.
The Little Rock flower is still very small. But I think it’s cause I turned the whites up on the light. I was tired of just blue. Where’s the fun in an all blue tank, amirite? Also it’s about time for me to add my black blanket over the window cause the sun is very bright this time of year.
Pics as promised, of the reef, sponge and Atlas’ tank.
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That’s good to know. I’ve tried to read up on them but most things say “Sponge bad!” Lol
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